The Exit Interviews: Robert Goodwill
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Matt sits down with MPs leaving Parliament at the next election to talk about their highs and lows, their best and worst bosses, and the lessons they've learned from their time in politics.
Sir Robert Goodwill, an MP for two decades, reveals the uncomfortable conversations he's had as a party whip, which Prime Minister sacked him most graciously, and how a lasagna swung his choice in the Tory leadership contest in 2005.
Plus: Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester discuss Keir Starmer's version of the "Big Society", whether the government is out of step with the public on tax and spend, and how we should remember Lenin, 100 years after his death.
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| 1:14.3 | dozens of MPs announced they're standing down I asked them why are you leaving this today former MEP former minister Sir Robert Goodwill, on dancing with Mo Molen, being sacked by |
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